kile-devel

When I tried to patch (I had installed Kile-1.5.2 i386.rpm in
redhat9(2.4.20.8)) using the source and patch... it did not make any
modifications except for the version number. So I tried to install the
beta version on top... it got upgraded...but the latex reference led to
'file not found'.
I think the installation instructions must be made clearer. It is
probably essential to clear the settings and the other file in~/.kde at
least, in attempting any change of versions or even in patching.
The speed of the compilation is very slow and must be improved...perhaps
via some other 'make' or by splitting the installation process.
A.Mani
Member, Cal.Math.Soc.
a_mani-sc_gs@...

On Sunday 21 September 2003 19:56, A.MANI wrote:
> When I tried to patch (I had installed Kile-1.5.2 i386.rpm in
> redhat9(2.4.20.8)) using the source and patch... it did not make any
> modifications except for the version number. So I tried to install the
How did you check? Did the 'patch' program give any errors? If not, just a few
lines in two or three files should be modified.
> beta version on top... it got upgraded...but the latex reference led to
> 'file not found'.
Correct, there is a mistake in the tarball, just found out, sorry! Remember,
you installed a beta version, they often have stupid mistakes.
> I think the installation instructions must be made clearer. It is
> probably essential to clear the settings and the other file in~/.kde at
> least, in attempting any change of versions or even in patching.
Not needed for the patch. Is could be necessary for installing a new version,
that's why it is mentioned in the README.
> The speed of the compilation is very slow and must be improved...perhaps
> via some other 'make' or by splitting the installation process.
Why would you say that the compilation is slow? Slow compared to what, I mean,
compile time depends on many things: the volume and the complexity of the
code, your computer power and the compiler you use.
best,
Jeroen

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>Patch : The patch was correctly installed. When I tried to repatch
>the source files it spoke of overwriting 2 particular files.
>
>Speed of compilation: I meant it was slow(>25 min) in comparison to
>most other packages(<3 min)...the code is ofcourse of high complexity.
>(I assembled my i86 system with a VIA Cyrix 800Mhz
>CPU,128MbRAM...it is quite fast on all the nine OS installed). 'gmake' or 'smake' may help...but that is another department.
>
>Features: The following features will be useful in particular for
>mathematicians and logicians:
>1. Texnicenter-style (the best latexIDE for the dreaded OS)
>customisability of toolbars...it requires more than two mouse-clicks for
>say \varsigma in Kile.
>The width of the panel on the left can also be reduced.
>2. The lower panel must also be minimisable.
>
with best wishes,
A.Mani
member, Cal.Math.Soc.
a_mani_sc_gs@...
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On Tuesday 23 September 2003 23:09, A.MANI wrote:
> >Patch : The patch was correctly installed. When I tried to repatch
> >the source files it spoke of overwriting 2 particular files.
> >
> >
> >Speed of compilation: I meant it was slow(>25 min) in comparison to
> >most other packages(<3 min)...the code is ofcourse of high complexity.
> >(I assembled my i86 system with a VIA Cyrix 800Mhz
> >CPU,128MbRAM...it is quite fast on all the nine OS installed). 'gmake'=
or
> > 'smake' may help...but that is another department.
Kile has about 30.000 lines of code (half of it in the GNU plot frontend =
lib),=20
I doubt you can compile that many lines of code in less than 3 minutes on=
=20
your system. Some packages may compile faster, but that's is because they=
are=20
probably a lot smaller! For example, compiling KDE takes many hours. It i=
s=20
unreasonable to expect large apps to compile as fast as small ones.
> >Features: The following features will be useful in particular for
> >mathematicians and logicians:
> >1. Texnicenter-style (the best latexIDE for the dreaded OS)
> >customisability of toolbars...it requires more than two mouse-clicks f=
or
> >say \varsigma in Kile.
You mean: adding a button to a toolbar that will insert \varsigma in the=20
source (or any other LaTeX tag)? I will keep that in mind.
> >The width of the panel on the left can also be reduced.
> >2. The lower panel must also be minimisable.
You can resize it, just like the left panel. To hide the lower panel, des=
elect =20
Settings->Show Messages View.
best,
Jeroen
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